UPDATES FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 30

CTL WORKSHOP PROPOSALS We are accepting proposals for Spring 2024. Facilitate a CTL workshop to share something interesting with your fellow colleagues about your classroom or present information about the services your department provides to the college community. Use this link Workshop Proposal Form for submissions. The deadline date for proposals is Monday October 30.   Professional Development Offerings – Fall 2023 Please see the list of Professional Development opportunities scheduled for the fall 2023 semester. Additional offerings will be announced as scheduled. COURSE NAME CODE DATE EXCEL BASICS CTLE-T115-530 11/13/2023, 2:00-2:30 PM, ONLINE SAFE ZONE TRAINING CTLE-D103-501 11/14/2023; 10:00 AM – NOON, U209 INCLUSIVE PRACTICES […]

UPDATES FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 16

CTL WORKSHOP PROPOSALS We are accepting proposals for Spring 2024. Facilitate a CTL workshop to share something interesting with your fellow colleagues about your classroom or present information about the services your department provides to the college community. Use this link Workshop Proposal Form for submissions. The deadline date for proposals is Monday October 30.   Professional Development Offerings – Fall 2023 Please see the list of Professional Development opportunities scheduled for the fall 2023 semester. Additional offerings will be announced as scheduled. COURSE NAME CODE DATE MICROSOFT OUTLOOK BASICS CTLE-T231-530 10/16/2023, 10:00-10:30 AM, ONLINE MICROSOFT OUTLOOK INTERMEDIATE CTLE-T232-530 10/30/2023, 2:00 – 2:30 PM, ONLINE EXCEL […]

UPDATES FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 9

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S DAY AND NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY! In recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day (October 9) and National Coming Out Day (October 11), check out the following articles and on-demand webinars which provide insight on how these students are navigating higher education and ways community colleges are helping. To read Inside Higher Ed.’s article, Technical College Incorporates Indigenous Culture Into Curriculum, Campus, click the link. NISOD presents its on-demand webinar,  LGBTQ+Allyship in the Classroom, click the link to access and Innovative Educator’s free on-demand webinar, Creating a Sense of Belonging: What does it mean and Why does it matter?, click […]

UPDATES FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 2

NISOD presents Escaping the Classroom: Designing Digital Escape Rooms for Learning Monday, October 2, 2023, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Escape rooms require players to complete tasks and solve puzzles in order to escape a locked room. Digital escape rooms function much like their physical counterparts except they take place entirely online. They don’t require physical equipment, and have become a popular way for instructors to engage their students online. In this webinar, participants engage in a live, digital escape room and learn how to design their own by brainstorming the concept, creating the puzzles, setting up the virtual environment, […]

UPDATES FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 25

Hispanic Heritage Month To acknowledge Hispanic Heritage Month, we bring you an enlightening article from the Chronicle of Higher Education, Race on Campus: How to Keep Latinx Students Enrolled. This article focuses on how various community colleges are effectively serving this often times, underserved population of students. To access, Race on Campus: Keep Latinx Students Enrolled click here. From the American Association of Community College, get the insights from two leading Latinx college presidents, Q & A: Serving the Hispanic Population, as they discuss our nation’s demographics, serving the needs of Latino students and developing leaders to help Latino students […]